enjoin

[US]/ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/
[UK]/ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.command; order; instruct;;prohibit.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularenjoins
Past Tenseenjoined
Past Participleenjoined
Present Participleenjoining

Phrases & Collocations

enjoin obedience

enjoin silence

Example Sentences

enjoin silence on sb.

enjoin that sth.(should)be done

enjoin sb.to obey the rules

He enjoined obedience on the soldiers.

the code enjoined members to trade fairly.

the charitable deeds enjoined on him by religion.

Orders to intelligence operatives often enjoin secrecy.

Strikers were enjoined from picketing.

was enjoined from broadcasting the news item;

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I bid you be seated.Enjoin, direct, and instruct do not connote the authority of command or order, but they all imply compliance.

Real-world Examples

'Don't mention it, ' he enjoined me eagerly.

Source: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

He even reproaches Barack Obama for enjoining young people to learn from their mistakes.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

As Kurt Vonnegut enjoined, " every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water."

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Then, as we entered our hotel, he enjoined silence on me with a gesture.

Source: Murder at the golf course

Though in his youth he had himself practiced very severe austerities he did not enjoin them on his disciples.

Source: Blade (Part Two)

Fred's last words had been to enjoin me to keep his visit a secret from all.

Source: The South and the North (Part 2)

For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

" One thing, thou that wast my wife, I would enjoin upon thee, " continued the scholar.

Source: Red characters

So for four years, City Nature Challenge has enjoined cities all over the globe to participate in counting up biodiversity in their cities.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

I shall speak to my husband if you are not constantly there to enjoin me to silence by your looks.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

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